Bell.



PATENTED MAY 31, 1904.

P. C. ARNOLD. BELL. APPLIUATION FILED JAN. 21, 1901.

N0 MODEL.

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PATENT OFFICE.

PHILIP C. ARNOLD, OF EAST HAMPTON, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE BEVINBROTHERS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF EAST HAMPTON, CONNECTICUT, ACORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

BELL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 761,128, dated May 31,1904. Application filed January 21, 1901. Serial No; 44,023- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PHILIP C. ARNOLD, a citi- Zen of the United States,and a resident of East Hampton, in the county of Middlesex and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bells,of which the following is a description.

My invention relates more especially to the class of bells used forsounding an alarm; and

ID the object of my invention is to provide a simple, practical, anddurable means for attachment of the bell to a vehicle or the like.

One form of device by means of which the objects may be attained isillustrated in the ac- 5 companying drawings, in Which Figure 1 is aview in section through the floor of a vehicle and in side View, withparts broken away, of the shell or gongs of a bell attached thereto.Fig. 2 is aview in elevation,

on an enlarged scale, partly in section, of my improved attaching means.

A common form of construction of the bodies of motor-vehicles embodies alower or main floor a and an upper floor or footboard 5 b, thealarm-bell 0 being secured to the under surface of the main floor. Insuch a construction of parts a comparatively long plunger for operatingthe bell is required, and in order that the plunger shall operatewithout cramp- 3 ing it, has been found necessary to provide a longbearing for the plunger and also construct the parts so that the bellmay be readily secured in position or removed from the vehicle withoutinterfering with the other parts occupying most of the available spaceunderneath the vehicle-body.

In order to avoid the objections above noted, the central post (Z of thegong is made of sufficient length to extend for a distance beyond 4 thebase 6, and this post or sleeve forms a comparatively long bearing forthe spindle or plunger f. The end 61 of this post or sleeve is ofsuflicient length to extend through the floor or floors of the vehicle,and in addition to the long bearing afforded for the spindle it alsoprovides a guide, so that the spindle or plunger may be readily insertedin proper position without diificulty, as would be the case in aconstruction having a hole inthe main floor into which the end of thespindle must 5 be inserted from above. In the preferred form ofconstruction and as shown in the drawings herein the sleeve or post ismade in sections, the section d extending from within the shell to ashort distance outside of the base 6 and the section cl of the sleeveextending through the two floors of the vehicle. A coupling g fits theadjacent threaded ends of the two sections to unite them. A plate IL issecured to the outer end of the section cl. This plate is preferablysecured to the sleeve by means of interengaging screw-threaded parts,the base ebeing also preferablysecured in place in like manner. The bellis thus firmly secured in place by means of the base 5 and plate whichexert a clamping action on the floor of the vehicle, and the use ofscrews is thus avoided.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is- 7 O 1. In an alarm-bell, in combination with a gong, a sleeveextending within the gong and forming a support therefor, a gong-baseadjustably arranged upon the sleeve, a nut cooperating with the base tolock the sleeve, gong-base and gong in position, a face-plate secured tothe outer end of the sleeve and with its surface flush with the endthereof when in place, said sleeve providing an unbroken tube with acontinuous smooth inner surface from end to end and a removable plungerarranged to slide within the tube and actuate the sounding mechanism ofthe gong, and sounding mechanism for the gong.

2. In combination with a gong, striking 5 mechanism therefor, a base forthe gong, a screw-threaded sleeve securing the gong and base, anelongated nut arranged to hold the base, screw-threaded sleeve and gongin locked position with reference to each other, a tube 9 extendingwithin the nut and registering as to its inner surface with thescrew-threaded sleeve of the gong, said tube and sleeve forming acontinuous, unbroken passage to the striking mechanism, and a removablerod arranged to slide in said tube and screw-threaded sleeve foractuating said striking mechanism.

3. In an alarm-bell, in combination with a gong, bell-sounding mechanismlocated Within the gong, a sectional sleeve extending from the gong andhaving a smooth continuous inner surface extending from end to end ofthe sleeve, a base located on the sleeve, a coupling located adjacent tothe base and uniting the sections of the sleeve, a face-plate secured tothe opposite end of said sleeve, and a plunger of uniform diameterremovably loeated'in the sleeve to operate the bell-sounding mechanism.

4;. In an alarm-bell, in combination with a gong, a sleeve extendingWithin the gong and forming a support therefor, a base adjustablyarranged upon the sleeve, said gong and base fitting a screw-threadedsurface on said sleeve, a tube abutting against the end of the sleeveand forming, when the parts are in position, an unbroken tube with acontinuous smooth inner surface, and a coupling appurtenant to one ofsaid tubes and joining it to the other, and said coupling adapted toclamp the gong, base and tubes in fixed position.

5. In combination With a gong, a striking mechanism therefor, a base forthe gong, a screw-threaded sleeve securing the gong and base and formingan opening into the gong, an elongated nut arranged to hold the base,screw-threaded sleeve and gong in locked position with reference to eachother, a tube appurtenant to the elongated nut and forming a smoothunbroken continuation of the opening into the gong, and a removable rodarranged to slide in said tube and screwthreaded sleeve for actuatingsaid striking mechanism.

PHILIP C. ARNOLD.

Witnesses:

A. AVERY BEVIN, MAYO S. ,PURPLE.

